items tagged with Litigation

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. recording industry on Wednesday stepped up efforts to stop college students from downloading pirated music online and offered students a way to settle the disputes out of court.

TOKYO (Reuters) - When Canon Inc. (7751.T: Quote, Profile, Research) was sued by a small, money-losing U.S. technology firm two years ago, the dispute was over a patent license that had cost the Japanese electronics giant a one-time payment of $5.6 million.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to enter into settlement talks in a lawsuit accusing it of selling "Grand Theft Auto" video games containing sexually explicit images under the wrong content label, according to a court document made public on Wednesday.

TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. court has ruled against Japan's Canon Inc. (7751.T: Quote, Profile, Research) in a patent dispute over flat-panel displays, saying the company violated the license agreement it had with Nano-Proprietary Inc. (NNPP.OB: Quote, Profile, Research).

A federal jury in San Diego has ordered Microsoft to pay $1.5bn to Alcatel-Lucent in a patent dispute over MP3 audio technology used in Windows.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - An Egyptian blogger was convicted for insulting Islam and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday and sentenced to four years in jail over his writings on the Internet.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday expressed doubts about whether Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) should be liable for infringing AT&T Inc. (T.N: Quote, Profile, Research) patents in Windows software sold overseas, a case that could determine the reach of American patents in foreign markets.

The 3,000 document archive from the Comes antitrust trial, which disappeared from the web abruptly when Microsoft settled the case last week, is beginning to trickle back into view.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc., engaged in a public copyright battle with Google Inc.'s YouTube, has agreed to offer videos to Joost, the Internet video service created by the founders of Skype and Kazaa.

Last week Microsoft settled its only outstanding antitrust case, a class action lawsuit brought in Iowa.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge is considering whether to dismiss a lawsuit against Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) that argues it abuses trademarks by allowing rivals of a company to buy ads that appear when consumers search the Web for information on that company. 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. said it agreed to give Apple Inc. more time to respond to the lawsuit it filed over the "iPhone" trademark, extending negotiations until February 21.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp.'s MySpace said on Wednesday a federal court dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed by the family of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by someone she met on the popular Internet social network.